Cisco IOS Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco IOS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 513 420 422
Rank change year-on-year -93 +2 +186
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 60 62 126
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.17% 0.24% 0.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.67% 1.81% 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 41 75
10th Percentile £406 £363 £190
25th Percentile - £475 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £433
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +27.17% -6.49%
75th Percentile £558 £613 £550
90th Percentile £588 £675 £600
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £433
% change year-on-year -9.09% +27.17% -6.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.25 - £24.00
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £25.00
75th Percentile £18.75 - £30.00
90th Percentile - - £66.00
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £38.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -53.95% +52.00% +4.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Cisco IOS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,595 3,425 5,213
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.17% 13.29% 13.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,317 2,043 3,128
10th Percentile £204 £210 £205
25th Percentile £363 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £676 £700
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £481
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.06% -7.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 101 361
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £14.27
25th Percentile £18.94 £20.75 £19.99
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -22.22% +133.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £32.50 £43.12
% change year-on-year +4.62% -24.62% +123.39%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco IOS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in England

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 26 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the England region over the 6 months to 26 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -25 23 £500 -4.76% 1
London -39 16 £525 -4.55% 3
South West -27 10 £538 -2.27% 1
North of England -61 7 £575 +53.33% 4
North West -26 6 £594 +58.27% 4
East of England - 3 £275 -
Yorkshire -65 1 £413 -2.94%
Cisco IOS
UK

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.67%) Azure
1 4 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.33%) AWS
2 2 (3.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 2 (3.33%) GCP
2 2 (3.33%) OCI
3 1 (1.67%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (1.67%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (1.67%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.67%) IaaS
3 1 (1.67%) Nutanix
3 1 (1.67%) OneDrive
3 1 (1.67%) PaaS
3 1 (1.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (43.33%) Firewall
2 24 (40.00%) BGP
3 23 (38.33%) Junos
4 19 (31.67%) Cisco ISE
4 19 (31.67%) NX-OS
5 17 (28.33%) Cisco Firepower
5 17 (28.33%) VPN
6 15 (25.00%) Network Security
6 15 (25.00%) WAN
7 14 (23.33%) LAN
7 14 (23.33%) OSPF
8 13 (21.67%) Cisco ASA
8 13 (21.67%) MPLS
9 12 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
10 11 (18.33%) SD-WAN
11 10 (16.67%) TACACS
12 9 (15.00%) VLAN
13 8 (13.33%) DHCP
13 8 (13.33%) DNS
14 7 (11.67%) IPsec
Development Applications
1 3 (5.00%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.67%) Git
General
1 22 (36.67%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.00%) Public Sector
3 7 (11.67%) Finance
4 5 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.33%) Financial Institution
5 3 (5.00%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.33%) Publishing
7 1 (1.67%) Electronics
7 1 (1.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 40 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 18 (30.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 16 (26.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 16 (26.67%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 16 (26.67%) Cloud Engineer
3 16 (26.67%) Cloud Network Engineer
4 12 (20.00%) Network Support
5 10 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
5 10 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 10 (16.67%) Network Support Engineer
5 10 (16.67%) Support Engineer
6 7 (11.67%) Security Engineer
7 6 (10.00%) Senior
8 5 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (8.33%) Senior Network Engineer
9 4 (6.67%) Architect
9 4 (6.67%) Design Engineer
9 4 (6.67%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
9 4 (6.67%) Network Design Engineer
9 4 (6.67%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.00%) LDAP
2 2 (3.33%) 802.1X
2 2 (3.33%) XMPP
3 1 (1.67%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.67%) Jinja
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.33%) PKI
2 8 (13.33%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.33%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.33%) Public Cloud
3 2 (3.33%) Security Posture
3 2 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.67%) EMC VMAX
4 1 (1.67%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.67%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 20 (33.33%) Windows
2 15 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 7 (11.67%) Linux
4 6 (10.00%) Ubuntu
5 4 (6.67%) Android
6 1 (1.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.67%) VMS
6 1 (1.67%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (38.33%) ITSM
2 13 (21.67%) Service Management
3 12 (20.00%) Change Management
4 8 (13.33%) Network Design
5 7 (11.67%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (10.00%) Network Virtualisation
6 6 (10.00%) Performance Management
7 5 (8.33%) Break/Fix
7 5 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (8.33%) Load Balancing
7 5 (8.33%) Project Management
7 5 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (6.67%) Agile
8 4 (6.67%) Migration
8 4 (6.67%) Penetration Testing
8 4 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (6.67%) Test Automation
9 3 (5.00%) ITIL
9 3 (5.00%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (16.67%) Python
2 4 (6.67%) PHP
3 3 (5.00%) Bash
4 1 (1.67%) ActionScript
4 1 (1.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 37 (61.67%) Security Cleared
2 25 (41.67%) DV Cleared
3 14 (23.33%) SC Cleared
4 13 (21.67%) CCNP
4 13 (21.67%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (13.33%) CCNA
6 5 (8.33%) Degree
7 4 (6.67%) APMG
7 4 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (6.67%) GIAC
7 4 (6.67%) JNCIS
7 4 (6.67%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (6.67%) Server+ Certification
7 4 (6.67%) SSCP
8 3 (5.00%) CCIE
8 3 (5.00%) GSEC
9 1 (1.67%) CCSA
9 1 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.67%) SLA
2 6 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (10.00%) NIST
3 4 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (3.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (1.67%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.67%) Def Stans
System Software
1 17 (28.33%) VMware NSX
2 13 (21.67%) Active Directory
3 10 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (13.33%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (8.33%) Firmware
6 1 (1.67%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 23 (38.33%) vCenter Server
2 6 (10.00%) FortiGate
3 4 (6.67%) Ansible
4 3 (5.00%) SCOM
5 2 (3.33%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (1.67%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 60 (100.00%) Cisco
2 26 (43.33%) Juniper
3 18 (30.00%) SolarWinds
4 11 (18.33%) VMware
5 7 (11.67%) F5
5 7 (11.67%) Meraki
5 7 (11.67%) Palo Alto
6 5 (8.33%) Broadcom
7 4 (6.67%) Fortinet
7 4 (6.67%) Microsoft
7 4 (6.67%) ServiceNow
8 3 (5.00%) Zscaler
9 2 (3.33%) Ciena
9 2 (3.33%) Genesys
10 1 (1.67%) Arista
10 1 (1.67%) CheckPoint
10 1 (1.67%) EMC
10 1 (1.67%) Infoblox
10 1 (1.67%) NetScout